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FFIC1AL PROCEEDINGS
OF THE POLICE JURY
Opelousas, La., Sept. 16, 1919.
fo the Honorable President and
Members of the Police Jury:
Gentlemen—We, your committee,
ippointed at the regular meeting of
pur body of date September 2, 1919,
> frame a budget of expenses re
Bired for the parish of St. Landry
br the year 1920, beg leave to sub
mit the following budget which we
commend for adoption, to-wit:
;et parish of st. landry
YEAR 1920:
Officers and Mem
bers .............$
, Assessor's salary
fund ............
, District attorney's
salary ...........
, Sheriff's salary fund
, Sheriff's contingent
criminal salary ....
I Maintenance of pris
oners ............
. Coroner and parish
hysician
5.000. 00
5.500.00
1 . 200.00
10,250.00
300.00
2.400.0. 0
fagistrates and con
stables .......
800.00
4,579.68
■tables...........
Grand and petit ju
rors .............
|0. Witnesses in crimi
nal cases .......
|1. President board of
health ...........
Fiscal agency fund.
18. Public school fund*..
*4. Internal improve'mnt
R. à B. fund..... 18,000.00
15. Contingent Expense
fund ............ 12,577.72
|6. Acct. bond issue... 15,425.00
|7. Acct. certif of ind.
read bldg, outfit...
|8. 1-4 of 1 mill for
$45,000 bond issue
Acct .existing debt..
Parish fair associa
tion .............
2 , 000.00
2 , 000.00
500.00
2,000.00
40,620.00
2,497.60
2,250.00
5,000.00
2,500.00
Total..........$135,400.00
Respectfully submitted,
J. E. DAILEY,
JOS. T. ST. CYR,
R. LEE MILLS,
Budget Committee.
Motion by Mr. W. F. Brown—
Be it resolved, that in accordance
the report of committee on bud
the foregoing be dopted as an
Bate exhibiting the various items
expenditure necessary for 1920,
i that said estimate and budget be
Wished for the full term of thirty
W) days in the official jqurnal of
1 parish ; and further, that the bud
1 committee be discharged.
Motion carried.
Mr. St. Cyr called to the chair.
Mr. E. A. Cummings offered the
'Ufwing ordinance, duly seconded,
►wit:
AN ORDINANCE
Whereas, an election was held in
le Twelfth Road District of the Sec
Police Jury Ward of St. Landry
h, State of Louisiana, on the
day of June, 1919, in pursu
to an ordinance of the Police
. - adopted on the 6th day of May,
•19, notice of which was published
Börding to law; and,
k Whereas, the question submitted
' •Wd election was to determine the
sition :
*"To incur debt and issue serial ne
Jhable coupon bonds of said Twelfth
**th) Road District, Second Police
Ward, Parish of St. Landry,
to the amount of Seventy-five
sd Dollars ($75,000.00), to
for periods of from one (1) to
(40) years, from the first day
of July, A. D. 1919, and to bear in
terest at the rate of five (iper cent)
per cent per annum fron» said date
until paid; interest on all said bonds
to be paid, semi-annually and said
bonds or funds derived from the sale
thereof to be used and expended un
der the direction and control of the
Police Jury of the Parish of St. Lan
dfy, La., as the governing authority
of the said Twelfth (12th) Road
District, Second Police Jury Ward of
the Parish of St. Landry, La., for the
exclusive purpose of contracting for,
acquiring, laying out and construct
ing a system of modern public roads
within the limits of said road district,
the title to which shall vest in the
parish and public. A sufficient tax
shall be levied each year to meet the
payment of the bonds and interest."
Whereas, said proposition was law
fully carried at said election,as shown
by the procès verbal of the Police
Jury canvassing the returns of said
election on the 7th day of July, 1919
and.
Whereas, the result of s aid elec
tion was duly promulgated^?! the
seventh day of July, 1919, as requir
ed by law, and no contest has been
filetf notwithstanding more than 60
days have elapsed since the date of
said promulgation; and,
Whereas, the police Jury of the
Parish of St. Landry, is recognized
by the constitution and laws of this
state to be the governing authority
of said road district; now, therefore,
Be it ordained by the Police Jur»
of the Parish of St. Landry, in reg
ular and lawful session convened:
Section-1—That the president and
clerk ofthis Police Jury shall be and
are hereby authorized for and on be
half of the Twelfth (12th) Road Dis
trict, Second Police Jury Ward of the
Parish of St. Landry, State of Louis
iana, to incur debt to the amount of
Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75,
000.00), and to make and sign serial
negotiable coupon bonds of said road
district therefor, numbered consecu
tively from one (1) to seventy-five
(75), both inclusive, the first of
which shall become due on the first
day of July, 1920, and the last of
which shall mature on the firet day
of July, 1959; and which shall bear
interest at the rate of five per cent
(5 per cent) per annum, payable
semi-annually, from date .with in
terest coupons attached to each bond;
and said bonds shall not be sold for
less than par.
Section 2—That the proceeds of
said bond issue, when negotiated,
shall be deposited in the treasury of
said parish, and there shall be and re
main as a trust fund to be used only
for the purpose for which the same
were raised as set forth in the pre
amble hereof.
Section 3—That said bonds shall
be of date the first day of July, 1919,
and shall begin to mature on the flirt
day of July, A. D. 1920, and shall be
come due and payable each year
thereafter until and including the
first day of July, A. D. 1959 ,and
shall be in numbers and amounts as
follows :
Seventy-five (75) bonds of the de
nomination of One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00) each, and dates of ma
turities as follows, to-wit:
One (1) bond, payable July 1,
1920.
One
1921.
One
1922.
Owe
1923.
(1) bond, payable July 1,
(1) bond, payable July 1,
(1) bond, ' payable July 1,
(1) bond, payable July 1,
(1) bond, payable July 1,
(1) bond, payable July 1,
(1) bond, payable July 1,
(1) bond, payable July 1,
(1) bond, payable July 1,
bonds, payable July 1,
bonds, payable July 1,
bonds, payable July 1,
bonds, payable July 1,
bonds, payable July 1,
bo nd s, payable July 1,
bonds, payable July 1,
bonds, payable July 1,
bonds, payable July 1,
bonds, payable July 1,
bonds, payable July 1,
bonds, payable July 1,
bonds, payable July 1,
bonds, payable July 1,
bonds, payable July 1,
bonds, payable July 1,
bonds, payable July 1,
bonds, payable July 1,
bonds, payable July 1,
bonds, payable July 1,
bonds, payable July 1,
bonds, payable July 1,
bonds, payable July 1,
bonds, payable July 1,
bonds,
payable
July 1,
One
1924.
One
1925.
One
1926.
One
1927.
One
1928.
One
1929.
Two
1930.
Two
1931.
Two
1932.
Two
1933.
Two
1934.
—Two
1935.
Two
1936.
Two
1937.
Two
1938.
Two
1939.
Two
1940.
Two
1341.
Two
1942.
Two
1943.
Two
1944.
Two
1945.
Two
1946.
Two
1947.
Two
1948.
Two
1949.
Two
1950.
Two
1951.
Two
1952.
Two
1953.
Two
1954.
Three (3) bonds, payable July 1,
1955.
Three (3) bonds, payable July 1,
1956.
Three (3) bonds, payable July 1,
1957.
Three (3) bonds, payable July 1,
1958.
Three (3) bonds, payable July 1,
1959.
And the form of said bonds shall
be substantially as follows, save as
to number and date of maturit y :-------
81,000.00 $1,000.00
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY,
(STATE EMBLEM.)
(NUMBER.)
Bond of the Parish of St. Landry,
State of Louisiana, «for and on be
half of the Twelfth (12th) Road Dis
trict, Second Police Jury Ward of
the Parish of St. Landry :
Know all men "by these presents,
That the Parish of St. Landry, for
and on behalf of the Twelfth (12th)
Road District, Second Police Jury
Ward of the Parish of St. Landry, a
political subdivision of the State of
Louisiana, for value received, hereby
promises to pay to bearer on the
first day of July, A. D. One Thousand
Nine Hundred and.............. »
ONE THONSAND DOLLARS ($1,
000.00), lawful money of the United
States of America, with interest
thereon at the rate of five per cent
(5 per cent) per annum, payable
semi-annually on the first day of Jan
uary and July of each and every year
from the first day of July, 1919, up
on presentation and surrender of the
coupons hereto attached, as same
may mature. The said principal and
interest on this bond being payable
at the office of the treasurer of the
Parish of St. Landry, at Opelousas,
in said parish, or at the
...................... bank, lo
cated in the City and State of ..
............................. at
the option of the holder.
This bond is one of a series of
Seventy-five (75) bonds of the de
nomination of One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.09) each, and numbered
from one (1) to seventy-five (75),
inclusive, issued by the Police Jury
of the Parish of St. Landry, for and
on behalf of the Twelfth (12th) Road
District, Second Police Jury Ward
of the Parish of St..Landry, as rep
resenting an indebtedness incurred
in the exclusive purpose of contract
ing for, acquiring, laying out and
constructing a system of modern pub
lic roads within the limits of said
road district, and iàsued in accor
dance with the provisions of the Con
stitution and laws of the State of
Louisiana, in pursuance to an elec
tion held in said road district, on
Tuesday, June 24, 191, the result of
which was duly canvassed, declared
promulgated and registered accord
ing to law, of which said election
there was no contest and none can
now be lawfully made.
And it is hereby certified tnd re
cited that all acts, conditions and
things required to be done precedent
to and in the issuance of said bonds
have been properly done, have hap
pened and have been performed in
regular form and duly as required
by law, and that said indebtedness
does not exceed any statutory or con
stitutional limitations.
In testimony whereof, and by the
authority of an ordinance of the Po
lice Jury of the Parish of St. Landry,
State of Louisiana, lawfully adopted
on the 6th day of October, 1919, and
now recorded in the mortgage office
of the State of Louisiana, in and for
the Parish of St. Landry, I, F. Oc
tave Pavy, President of the said Po
lice Jury, have signed this bond along
with J. J. Healey, Clerk thereof, like
wise duly authorized by said ordi
nance, and sealed the same with the
seal of said Police Jury in accordance
with law, on this..........day of
...................A. D. 19____
President of the Police Jury of the
Parish of St. Landry, State of
Louisiana.
Clerk.
INTEREST COUPON
On the ................~3ay of
.........................19____
the Parish of St. Landry, for and on
behalf of the Twelfth (12th) Road
District, Second Police Jury Ward of
the Parish of St. Landry, a lawful po
litical subdivision of the State of
Louisiana, will pay to the bearer
........................ Dollars
( $..........), at the office of the
Treasurer of said parish, or at the
.........................• Bank,
in the City and State of..........
.......................... at the
option of the holder, being interest
due that date on its road bond dated
July 1, 1919, No.............
A
President of the Police Jury of the
Parish of St. Landry, State of
Louisiana.
Clerk.
Each bond shall be signed by the
President^ of the Police Jury and the
Clerk thereof, and the said officers
are hereby required to have written
printed or engraved on the reverse
of said bonds, the following certif
icate :
"This bond secured by a tax. Reg
istered on the .............. day
of .................... 19....."
Secretary of State.
Which certificate after the delays
provided by law have expired and
in accordance with Section 31 of Act
256 of the General Assembly of the
State of Louisiana, for the pear 1910,
and the laws amendatory thereof,
shall be signed by the Secretary of
State of the State of Louisiana, and
have attached thereto the great seal
of the State. of Louisiana. The in
terest coupoifS attached to said bonds
shall have printed or engraved there
on the fac-simile signature of the
Pres ident and Clerk of the Po li ce
Jury.
And when said bonds are thus is
sued and signed and registered by the
Secretary of State according to law,
they shall again' be taken into pos
session by the Clerk of the Police
Jury and by him held until nego
tiated.
Section 4—That when said bond3
have been signed, issued, registered
and returned to the Clerk of the Poj
lice Jury they shall be ready for ne
gotiation and the President of the
Police Jury is hereby authorized ful
ly for that purpose.
Section 5—That the Police Jury
of the Parish of St. Landry shall
levy on all taxable property in said
road district in accordance with law,
at the same time as other taxes are
levied in addition to all other taxes
now authorized by the Constitution
and laws including any special tax,
a tax above all said taxes sufficient
to pay the principal and interest of
the bonds herein directed to be is
sued as the same may mature ; which
tax may be levied and extended on
the assessment rolls at any time prior
to the final collection of taxes due
for that particular year; and when
collected shall be used for no other
purpose than that of retiring ma
turing bonds and coupons.
Section 6—That the Clerk of the
Police Jury shall cause the original
of this ordinance to be recorded in
the mortgage records of th e Pari sh
of St. Landry, and aiso published in
the Star-Progress, the official jour
nal of the Parish of St. Landry, ac
cording to law.
Section 7—Be it further ordained,
etc., that this ordinance take effect
from and after its promulgation.
The foregoing ordinance was duly
read and considered and a majority
of the members elect being present,
voted as follows, to-wit:
For—Messrs. J. T. St. Cyr, H. D.
Larcade, R. L. Mills, J. E. Dailey,
E. A. Cummings, F. O. Pavy, Geo.
Greig, W. M. Rushing, Theo. Doucet,
F. P. Martin, Alex. Sylvestre and Al
len McCoy; 12 yeas.
Against—None.
Abesent—Messrs. J. E. Pitre, K.
T. Catlett, W. F. Brown, W. C. De
jean; 4.
Adopted October 6, 1919.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
Attest: J. J. HEALEY,
Clerk.
Mr. W. M. Rushing offered the fol
lowing ordinance, duly seconded, to
AN ORDINANCE
Amending Sections 2 and 3 of the or
dinance adopted by the Police
Jury March 2, 1897, relating to
lawful fences and providing for
the impounding and sale of cer
tain animals, be amended so as
to read as follows:
Section 2—Be it further ordained,
etc., that by the authority aforesaid,
all animals shall be permit
ted to rove in the Par
ish of St. Landry at all
times, exeept those animals
that break a lawful enclos
ure or fence, which shall
not be suffered to rove at,any time,
but may be lawfully disposed of as
hereinafter provided; provided, that
no hogs, sheep or goats shall be al
lowed to run at large within the lim
its of the Parish of St. Landry.
That the ward constables or any
citizen of the Parish of St. Landry
are authorized to take up or cause
to be taken up all hogs, sheep and
goats found running at large within
the limits of the Parish of St. Landry,
and to empond said hogs, sheep or
goats at some central and convenient
place within their wards, to be selec
ted and used permanently by said
constables for said purpose.
stable a
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That the said constable shall sell
at public "auction to the highest bid
der, for cash, all hogs, sheep or goats
LIST OF PETIT JURORS
Drawn to Serve for the Week Com
mencing Monday, November
17, 1919
1. Thos. L. Meyers......Opelousas
2. F. S. Barry r ...........Sunset
3. Jesse Thistlethwaite. . .Washing
ton. ,
4. Leon Landau........Opelousas
5. W. M. Culbertson......Garland
6. Willie Higginbotham.... Coulee
Croche.
7. Moise Briley.....Grand Prairie
8. R. Lee Hawkins ........Waxia
9. Marshall J. Doucet...... Grand
Prairie
10. S. O. Holman.......Opelousas
11. A. A. Comeau....... .Opelousas
12. Thos. Thibodeaux ..Plaquemine
Point.
13. Chas. P. Hollier.....Opelousas
14. E. K. Eastham..... Opelousas
15. R. J. Kleiser.... v ......Eunice
16. Chas. Robin........Port Barre
17. Abner Roy .........Opelousas !
18. P. L. Savoie...........Eunice
19. AlekT Bernard..... Prairie-des
Femmes.
20. Gussie Dupre, .near Washington
21. C. O. Holland.........Garland
22. Louis Boudreau........Sunset
23. Jno. Leer........ .Washington
24. Willie Lavergne *......Bellevue
25. Philogene Moreau.. .Notleyville
26. Gaston Hanks......qgar Sunset
27. Moise J. Lavergne..... Bellevue
28. R. M. Hollier.......Opelousas
29. V. F. Hinton........Opelousas
30. Jos. Roy......near Arqaudville
A TRUE COPY:
W. D. LASTRAPES, ;
Deputy Clerk of Court.
LIST OF PETIT JURORS
Drawn ta Serve for the Week Com
mencing Monday, November
24, 1919
1. Manning Wartelle. .Washington
2. Jack Arceneaux.. .Grand Coteau
3. A vie Bordelon ......Opelousas
4. Jos. Broussard..........Eunice
5. Ed. Cole............Leonville
6. Ivan K. Deblieux ....Opelousas
7. Auguste Robin.......Leonville
8. Naclet Castille .......Leonville
9. P. V. Laird .............Begg
10. Homer Robin........Leonville
11. Henderson Montgomery ..Wash
ington.
12. J. W. Elter ........Washington
13. Albert Edwards . .near Leonville
14. Albert Ortego. .near Washington
15. W. J. Roy-"...........Bellevue
16. S. M. Plonsky......Washington
17 . Jno . Cannon ..... Onoln ns as
18. H. U. Callahan......Opelousas
19. W. T. Cheek ........Barbreck
20. Robet. McClelland......Lawtell
21. Jno. Dore ...........Leonville
22. Douglas I. Cain......Opelousas
22. M. Winsberg........Opelousas
24. J. H. Creswell.......Opelousas
25. Alcee Arnaud .....Arnaudville
26. Treville Boudreau .. Prairie-des
Femmes.
27. Edgar T. Dupre....... Plaisance
28. Ralph Walker........Bellevue
23. Emile Richard . . . Washin gton
30. Jos. L. Meche... .Coluee Croche
A TRUE COPY:
W. D. LASTRAPES,
Deputy Clerk of Court.
STOLEN
From the yard of Jos. C. Devilliers,
three miles east of Opelousas, on the
gravel road leading from Opelousas
to Port Barre, on Thursday night,
October 2, one buggy and harness.
Left shaft on buggy is split and has
been tacked wth small nails. Same
was bought from F. L. Sandoz at
Opelousas about two years ago. Any
information regarding same will be
appreciated or same may be furnish
ed to the Sheriff's office.
JOS. C. DEVILLIER.
FOR SALE
Fifty *head of good mules, horses,
mares and mule colts. One hundred
and fifty head of fine rangs cattle,
all for sale for cash or on approved
security.
E. V. HUDSPETH,
oct4-5t Rosa, La.
NOTARY PUBLIC, AUCTIONEER
L. L. PERRAULT
Attoraejr-at-Law
' Opainuaa«, La.
OFFICE ON BELLEVUE STREET
FINAL TABLEAU
ESTATE RAPHAEL BOUDREAU
No. -, Probate Docket, Sixteenth
Judicial District Court, St. Lan
dry Parish, Louisiana.
Whereas, Dr. W. R. Éoudreau, ad
ministrator of the above numbered
and entitled succession, has filed
therein his final tableau of distri
bution of funds of said succesion;
Now, therefore, notice is hereby
given to all parties interested to show
cause, if any they can or have, within
ten days from the first publication
hereof why said tableau should not
be aproved and homologated.
By order of said Court, Opelou
sas, La., October —, 1919.
HENRY LASTRAPES, JR.,
octll-3t Clerk of Court.
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so emponded five (5) days after
proper notification thereof by pub
.ic posters that said constables
making said sales, shall receive for
their services, after deducting costs,
the one-half of the price of adjudi
cation, and the other half thereof
shall be immediately paid over into
the parish treasury. That the owner
of said hogs, sheep or goats shail have
the right of redeeming the same pre
vious to the sale thereof, after prov
ing property and paying the consta
ble fifty cents per head and the cost
of feeding said hogs, sheep or goats.
That the said constable shall be al
lowed fifteen (15) cents per head
per day for feeding said hogs, sheép
or. goats taken up under the pro
visions of this ordinance, and for
the time they are kept by him pre
vious to the saile. That the said
constable shall present monthly re
ports to this Jury, showing the num
ber of hogs, sheep or goats taken up
by them, the costs incurred thereby,
the number redeemed, the number
sold by them and the recèipts there
of.
Section 3—Be it further ordained,
etc., that the constables of the Parish
of St. Landry, or any citizen there
of ,are authorised to take up or
cause to be taken up all hogs, sheep
or goats found running at large with
in the limits of the Parish of St.
Landry, and to empond and sell them
as is specially provided for in the
foregoing section ;and it is further
irovided, that all parties damaged
by hogs, shall notify the owner or
y »eîfôf such depredation and re-1
st of him or them that the hogs
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it fits the family demands in every vocation of
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BORDELON'S 8ARA6E j
OPELOUSAS, LA. ,
Advertise in the Star-Progress
be kept confined as the law requires j
a , „„„.„J *r. nn , Hnino- fvrth^r
âîâ.
and should thereafter said hog or:
hogs be found withfn the enclosure i
of the party complaining, he shall
be permitted to shoot or kill said
hog or h<%s without further notice;
and that where the owner or owners I
land that where tne owner or owners,
of the hog or ho<p are unknown thel^
party damaged ihaU have a r.gh. .gb
kill the hog or hogs upon a second
return to his enclosure after having
***** " « th *
owner or owners.
Be it further ordained, etc., taut
ail ordinances or parts of ordinances,
in conflict .with this ordinance, oe
repealed. *
I Adopted October 7, 1919,
(Caîiiaa»! on ?ije Tsa)
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